A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kani Keli in Mayotte on Saturday. Unique identifier: us1000jkcj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jkcj. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:11:49 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.2379 East, latitude -13.3439 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 22:11:49 / March 15, 2019 @ 10:11 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Bandraboua, Acoua.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km SSE of Kani Keli, Mayotte.
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